From what I have read, I understand that the MLCer starts to face his "issues" during the depression phase. What I wondering about is what are these issues? Are they the issues that precipitated the MLC in the first place or the new ones created by the MLC, or both?
And in your experience, was there some sort of spark that pushed him/her over the edge into depression? What was it?
IMHO the issues are unique to each person.
Depending on when the childhood wounding occurs that creates stages of development that did not occur as a child. This can then manifest itself later in life to deeper issues.
Spark - yes there is usually a trigger event that kicks off MLC, death, empty nest, illness, that starts the perfect storm of events that propel into MLC.
